How to Use stoke in a Sentence

stoke

verb
  • The engineer stoked the coals.
  • The new ad campaign has helped to stoke sales.
  • Poor revenue figures have stoked concerns about possible layoffs.
  • This will be our last week stoking the fires.
    — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Some sons looked stoked, others like hostages.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • So stoked to see this baby come to life… or in this case to death ☠️.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Manning’s play so far has stoked the embers of doubt.
    — Jim Vertuno, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But the heart of the piece was a guy stoked to eat two sandwiches.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
  • That will keep the fires stoked without burning down the house.
    — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The kids were stoked to get to ride in a golf cart on winding trails lined by stone walls.
    — Kaity Velez, Parents, 23 Dec. 2025
  • One might think this would stoke reinvention.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Musk is the richest man in the world, and Rock made sure to stoke his ego.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2023
  • That’s stoking nerves on Wall Street.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The kids are stoked to be out of school, sleeping in, and having fun with friends.
    — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 29 June 2026
  • The Western is sort of stoked with a forge full of cliches.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Cut too soon, and the Fed risks stoking even higher prices.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • So just stoked to execute every facet of our game.
    — ABC News, 10 May 2026
  • There was the student, super stoked just to be in the water.
    — John Winsor, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • One stoke under par is a birdie, two strokes under par is an eagle.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
  • As warm weather arrived, there was no need to stoke the furnace.
    — Kenneth Goetz, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2023
  • We're stoked to see how each of their stories unfold this summer!
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 6 June 2023
  • Chelsea, who is stoked to learn that Glenn, or whoever, has a boat.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Otherwise, the singer was stoked to be back in the city that launched her career.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • But both stoked the public, and that stoking backfired.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 14 June 2026
  • Today, tourism stokes their economies, and each is well connected by hourly trains.
    — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • It’s also raised fears that parched landscapes could stoke wildfires.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The group’s growth threatens to stoke the city’s already-raging fire.
    — Christina Buttons, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Just like people coming home, being stoked.
    — Outside Online, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Glass stoked a fire in a woodstove and handed me a Heineken in a jelly jar.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • Nothing stokes a cozy mood quite like the flickering flames of a roaring fire.
    — Miles Walls, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024

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